If you wish to understand your audience better and elevate your safety standards, download our full infographic here – Audience Expectations In A Post-COVID Era.

For those wanting to briefly glance through their attendee expectations in the “New Normal”, here’s what you need to know. 

1. Choice of Venue

Based on our reports, your choice of venue will play a key role in attracting older and newer audiences. The likelihood of attending outdoor events or shows is higher compared to indoor shows across fan categories. It’s natural to see event attendees wanting to be more distant and spaced out from other guests.

The likelihood of attending events also seems higher among regular concert-goers when compared to those who attend 2 or fewer events in a year. Learn more about Choosing Between Indoor & Outdoor Venues here.

2. Mandatory Face Masks At The Event

Goes without saying, attendees are expecting safety masks to be one of the most basic rules at your next event. No Mask = No Entry should be the norm.

The mandatory regulation of face masks with 6 feet of social distancing from strangers appears to be the most-preferred among participants for both indoor and outdoor concerts. 

 3. Regular Sanitisation & Disinfection

Your attendees not only need standard safety precautions like above but they also expect event organizers and venue owners to do their part. How? By investing in regular disinfection and sanitization programs. This will not only garner loyalty towards your brand but also keep their peace of mind intact. 

As one of the industry leaders, we can definitely tell you that following these guidelines will help you stay ahead of your competitors and acquire newer audiences. Once you’re ready to create your upcoming events, don’t forget to use our COVID Recovery Offer that will help you stabilize your cash flow.

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However, regulations being lifted after careful consideration and analysis, many are postponing their events and also planning their upcoming events for the next few months. With many enterprises opening up their lines of communication, here’s why you also need to elevate your customer care services to keep updating your loyal event attendees and patrons with important information. 

Why Choose Our White-Gloved Customer Care Services?

We’ve developed an outstanding track-record of providing highly reliable customer care services to casinos and patrons of event presenters who have been using our event ticketing system. Our experience in the hospitality and entertainment industries gives us an edge for efficiently handling large volumes of customer queries. Here’s what’s in it for you. 

1. Your Brand Name Powered Our Team Of Customer Specialists 

Our services are offered under your enterprise’s brand, not ours. We operate as an extension of your business and offer top-of-the-line customer care services, therefore leading customers to gain the utmost confidence in your brand. – be it about player services, hotel reservations, event ticket transactions, or even just general Q&A.

2. Immediate Onboarding Through The Best Softwares

A dedicated Account Manager will interact with you to understand your support requirements and accordingly plan out a quick onboarding model in which we train our Support Team within 2 – 3 weeks for immediate onboarding through one of the world-class support software out there.

3. Engaging Customer Outreach & Retention Programs

Our white-gloved suite of services has been smartly designed to acquire, engage, and retain your customers. With our customer outreach & retention programs, you can create a continuous cycle of personal engagement with your esteemed customers and bridge the gap to build your brand loyalty. 

4. 24/7 Multi-Channel Support 

With decades of experience in the hospitality &  entertainment industry, our edge for efficiently handling large volumes of customer queries through 24/7 live chat, email, and chat support creates an unparalleled multi-channel support system for your brand.

Learn more about our Marketing Suite of Services if you also wish to Ramp Up Your Marketing Efforts In The COVID Era

Assistance & Recovery Program for Native American Casinos

In this climate of uncertainty, businesses worldwide have either curtailed their offerings or come to a standstill until further notice. Yet, acting purely out of our love and commitment to supporting our family of Native American Casinos in achieving a swift recovery, we are extending our existing suite of services to the Casino Assistance & Recovery Program. 

Our program will help serve your business operations, optimize your existing processes, grow your profitability, and save costs significantly on the road to recovery. Remember to stay safe as we, as a community will come out stronger than ever once this pandemic passes away safely.

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COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Resources for Event Presenters

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1. Ditch The Paper And Plastic

Ask any event organizer and their on-ground staff about the nastiest habit of event-goers and they’ll answer that it’s paper and plastic strewn all over the venue. Whether it’s a plastic water bottle or tickets, attendees tend to leave them around without having them disposed of in bins. Although bins are necessary, ditch the ticket paper and plastic items as much as you can. Using our ticket customization option will have you going green in fashion. 

2. Choose Environmental-Friendly Venues

A venue with strict environmental regulations will make your event planning smoother as they will fastrack your efforts. They will have most probably have solar-powered resourced to power your events and cut down on your electricity costs. Filtered water dispensers and reusable linen will go a long way in cutting down your costs and keep your guests happy. 

3. Go Organic

If you’re organizing an event on a farm or somewhere out in nature, it’s a perfect opportunity for you to go organic with your menu options and also making sure they are minimally packaged that doesn’t create too much waste. Reach out to local caterers and make sure you don’t overshoot your food options and end up wasting the food. If you have excess food leftover, consider donating it. 

We hope these inspired you to go green for your next event as sustainability is everyone’s responsibility at the moment. Sign up with us and create your next sustainable event. 

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With YAppSurvey, you can create multiple logic-based surveys for your event attendees. However, when it actually comes to answering questionnaires and surveys, many event attendees would skip it. Through YAppSurvey, you have the option of making it mandatory wherein your ticket buyers can checkout with tickets only after they’ve submitted answers to your survey. Learn more about making questions mandatory while creating YAppSurvey.

Now that you know how to gather survey data without missing a beat, here are 3 types of surveys that will improve your event planning. 

1. Binary Surveys

Think up of simple YES or NO style of questions that don’t take up much of their time. They’re here for your event and not for questioning. Questions like “Are you satisfied with the ticket booking experience?” or “Is this the first music concert you’ve attended?” should help you warm them for your other set of questions that will follow.

2. Quantitative Surveys

These kinds of surveys have a high success rate as you’re setting up a quantitative benchmark for them. “How would you rate our event dining service?”  or “How did you hear about this event” should do the trick. The answers to these questions are usually mapped into 0-10 or multiple choices to gather honest opinions. These questions should help you understand the channels which are getting you leads and the services that are hit or miss at the event. 

3. Qualitative Surveys

Surveys which will get you a wide spectrum of responses and tailor your event offering even better. “Do you have any special needs that we should be aware of” or “What’s your favorite cocktail?” does the trick in making the survey more personal yet fun. These surveys give you a chance to go above and beyond for your event attendees in making their experience stellar. 

We hope you try out these surveys and prepare a dynamic range of questions that will appeal to guests in sharing their honest feedback. Also, deep-dive into Best Practices for Post-Event Follow-Ups that will further improve your event planning.

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The Don’ts Of Planning Sports Events

• Don’t overlook the minute details of the health and safety of your team members, volunteers, and participants involved. 
• Don’t invest in substandard equipment that might hamper the experience of athletes and event attendees. Think of it as an investment for future events. 
• Don’t overshoot your budget unless you’re expecting guaranteed returns. 
• Don’t get into lop-sided deals that will avalanche into a nightmare during the event day. Sports events can get tricky with a high volume of sponsors, food vendors, and equipment on board. Read twice before signing on the dotted line.
• Don’t burn yourself with all the planning and organizing. Sports events can be a huge task so make sure you delegate all the tasks equally for quicker turnaround time.
• Don’t forget to go over our event day checklist to avoid the last-minute hassles. 

The Do’s Of Planning Sports Events

• Do plan well in advance to start creating and promoting your events. 
• Do choose your indoor and outdoor sports venues smartly. 
• Do create your events through our event ticketing platform for a targeted marketing approach. 
• Do create a contingency plan for when you expect tempers to start flying all over the place. 
• Do work with local establishments and sponsors to boost your event offerings and co-branded visibility. 
• Do invite your local press to cover your event. 
• Do make full use of our Virtual Box Office by creating a General Admissions style of event to maximize revenue with the open-for-all style of entry.

Now, that you have the do’s and don’ts out of the way, see how USC Rip City used Yapsody to grow their community-based basketball association. 

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If you’re an event planner, pub owner, or a hospitality enterprise here’s how you can plan smart, manage it closely, and expect the unexpected. 

1. Choose Your Venues and Routes

Choose your pubs and bars carefully and give their venue owner a heads-up in advance. You’d want pubs that have a cult-like following and have a great space to accommodate your group. Pro tip – your first and last pub should have great food. You need to plan for food early on and when the crawl is coming to an end. 

2. Establish Your Party Size and Duration

Pub crawls are best suited for smaller groups of 10-15 people that are easily manageable. Don’t try to go for an all-nighter if amateurs are involved. A 4-5 hours pub crawl should be good enough to avoid letting people burn out faster. 

3. Find A Sponsor 

If you’re a pub owner, you can connect with one of the major alcohol brands to sponsor your pub crawls. If not that, as an event presenter you can pitch to companies that offer on-demand pick up and drops for all your crawlers. It’s always a great idea to partner with a sponsor that elevates your event marketing efforts. 

4. Set The Expectations Straight 

Once you’ve figured out all the finer details, it’s important to set a few ground rules in place. It’s important to communicate details such as ticket prices, meeting points, emergency contacts, rules, venues, dress codes prior to your event day.  

5. Create a Theme 

Themes are a great way to create uniformity in your event but not necessary. Set your expectations early when you set up your events on our event ticketing platform. With our Online Ticket Store, customize the look and feel of what your pub crawl theme is about to be. Thirsty Thursdays, anyone? 

6. Set Up Access Codes

Pub crawls are events which are very exclusive and involves a close-knit group of people. However, you may have super-busy attendees who might not turn up to the crawl until the group reaches the third pub. Create ease of entry for them by creating an invite-only entry. So, no matter how late they turn up, with our Access Codes feature you make them feel like a VIP. 

7. When the Spirits Start To Soar 

Let’s admit it. After a few shots and pints, emotions start flying all over the place and the vibes can get heated. Some might want to sit at the counter and order the bartender to whip up another margarita. It’s in these moments that you need to figure out if you need to step in or let them be for a few more minutes. Have a schedule but be flexible. As long as they handle themselves well, you’re good. 

8. Don’t Forget to Eat 

A no-brainer really. Don’t forget to eat before you drink and don’t forget to make your event attendees eat a good dinner at the end of your pub crawl. Provided that they haven’t been mixing their liquor, food will keep them steady and finish the pub crawl successfully. 

9. Hashtag your Crawl 

Chances are that people in your pub crawl will get blackout drunk and not have single memory of it. You should market the whole event by creating an event hashtag that your patrons can leverage to document their shots and moments. For a generation that lives for nights they can’t remember, social media always comes to the rescue. 

Our event ticketing platform is preferred by pub owners and event presenters worldwide for creating amazing pub events and selling it’s tickets online. Just in case you needed another reason to SIGN UP with Yapsody.

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1. Know Your Target Audience

Know your apples from oranges. One of the most quintessential steps in planning any music festival is understanding attendee personas. Don’t organize an EDM festival in a town where most of the audience would rather attend a rock concert. Once you’ve successfully identified your target audience, you can plan your budget and then start allocating your spends accordingly. We’ve witnessed the most successful music festivals where event organizers knew their audience expectations.

2. Figure Out Your Venue

Your venue and location can make or break your reputation. The logistics for an indoor event will differ from that of an outdoor one. The venue of a trance festival will be that of an airy beach where waves crash along with the thumping bass lines whereas a jazz festival will be in a  cozy lounge or auditorium where people can take in the smoothness of the wine and music. In any case, mapping out the event venue will help you arrange the entry, seating, standing, dining, and exit points. Ask for a venue chart from the venue owner which will help you assign different price points for different sections. Plan your section by keeping this in mind – your music festival needs breathing space for people to move around freely. 

3. Artist Outreach

Once you’ve figured out the audience, you might have a set of artists in your mind that you want as headliners and supporting acts. During your artist outreach phase, keep track of your artist budget which should be evenly spread out to bring in big names as well as local talent. If you’re bringing in a new talent, you could host a city tour that effectively markets your upcoming festival. Space out your festival acts across different genres to avoid monotony. 

4. Sponsor Outreach

Organizing a large scale event like a music festival requires big pockets that can be stretched when required. It’s normal for an event organizer to offset this load to a few sponsors which work in favor of everyone. Attendees in your music festival need to fuel themselves with hearty food that can be washed down with a pint or two. Onboarding a few F&B joints to cater your audiences will bring in more revenue and create a brand recall for you and your sponsors. A win-win. Click here to learn 8 smart ways to get sponsors for your events.

5. Production and Equipment

The firepower for your events needs to be top-notch. We’ve noticed events not performing as it should have due to faulty equipment that doesn’t match up to the acoustics of the venue. Your production team should handle everything related to the– the sound, lighting, staging, video, backline, equipment, and power. Once you have these in order, you can start setting up the stage for that larger than life experience.

6.Get an Event Ticketing System

After the first few phases of your planning are sorted, you need to put them into action. An event ticketing system that handles event creation, promotion, and revenue collection from ticket sales should be your best bet.  We’ve been one of the best event ticketing platforms in the USA catering to event presenters all over the world. Yapsody has been designed in conjunction with our clients to suit their festival ticketing needs across different venues. On our platform, you can create multiple events, price and customize multiple ticket types, integrate marketing tools, collect revenue through multiple payment gateways, and track your ticket sales for your music festival.

7. Summarize Your Event

We’ve witnessed that organizers who make their event details crystal clear, tend to attract more ticket buyers than average. Whether you prefer creating an Online Ticket Store or use Event Marketing Tools to reach a wider audience, make sure you summarize your event properly. Event name, description, location/venue, ticket prices, artist line-up, artist set timings need to be clearly defined for attendee’s convenience. Don’t leave anything to their imagination. Keep pushing out important updates or ticket price drop alerts that create a sense of urgency. 

8. Customize Event Packages

With decades of experience in helping hospitality enterprises elevate their guest experiences, we’ve realized that event attendees prefer the complete package rather than going à la carte. A festival is a communal gathering of people for a couple of days. Create event packages that fit the bill for different requirements. Few might prefer an all-inclusive deal when it comes to food and accommodation while few might prefer merchandise with their tickets. Why not ask the right questions with our Questionnaires and Surveys tool to gauge their requirements?

9. Insight-Driven Event Marketing

Event marketing begins months before the D-Day. The key to boosting ticket sales is by implanting your upcoming event in their minds through smart event marketing tools. Instagram has proven to be the best tool for event marketers to reach a wider audience through powerful visual storytelling. Event presenters using Yapsody follow insight-driven event marketing that gives them a definitive edge. Figure out which CTA driven post made them land on your event page and you’ll discover a pattern that can be used for your future events.

10. Streamline The Security & Check-In Process

This is where we see many event attendees lose their cool. Nobody wants to wait for hours just because you didn’t create multiple check-in points. Make sure security checks are handled before anything else. Once they’re in the clear, validate their tickets through a QR Code scanner.  An attendee might turn up late but it’s your job to not make them wait any longer. Imagine being stuck in a queue while hearing your favorite band strumming their latest summer single. Our ticketing system supports 12 prominent languages & over 150 currencies to bridge any communication gap between event presenters and attendees. 

We hope our 10 step guide helps you in planning a successful music festival. Check out our Enterprise-Grade Features here which are tailor-made for music festivals.

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As an event ticketing platform assisting presenters & hospitality enterprises all over the world, we have analyzed every possible dimension of successful and not so successful events. Here’s Yapsody’s 10 step guide on designing the ultimate event experience. 

1. Be Clear on your Event Objectives

The most successful events we witness in terms of selling out tickets and drawing more footfalls are those whose organizers have a clear picture of their event objectives. Your event goals are the purpose of your event – to party, to celebrate, to educate, or to persuade. Narrow down these event objectives and check if they are relevant, achievable, and measurable within the designated time-frame. Once you figure them out, every other process falls into place. 

2. Delegate Tasks Equally

Whether your event is big or small, your team members should be firing on all cylinders. They should be clearly aligned with your event marketing strategy and their role in achieving them. While creating an event on our ticketing platform, you can assign tasks to your members equally through our User Management System. So, if one member needs to manage the Ticket Pricing and the other needs to integrate Event Marketing Tools, they don’t need to depend on one single person handling the dashboard.  

3. Map Out Your Event Venue

An event venue can make or break your reputation. Imagine an outdoor event planned during the monsoons without having a contingency plan of moving indoors. Similarly, mapping out the event venue will help you arrange the entry, seating,  standing, dining, and exit points. Ask for a seating chart from the venue owner which will help you assign different price points for different seating sections. 

4. Make Your Sections Easily Navigable

Imagine a music festival with attendees from all over the world. Not only do you need to surpass the language barrier, but also make sure all the sections of your events are easily navigable through simple signs or instructions. Position the food, bar, and smoking sections easily accessible from the main stage.

Easy access to these counters + reasonable pricing = More revenue. 

At no point during the event should your attendee feel a disconnect from the event experience. Also, don’t make your attendees cross rivers and mountains to access a restroom.  

5. Streamline The Security & Check-In Process

This is where we see many event attendees lose their cool. Nobody wants to wait for hours just because you didn’t create multiple check-in points. Make sure security checks are handled before anything else. Once they’re in the clear, validate their tickets through a QR Code scanner.  

An attendee might turn up late but it’s your job to not make them wait any longer. Imagine being stuck in a queue while hearing your favorite band strumming their latest summer single. Our ticketing system supports 12 prominent languages & over 150 currencies to bridge any communication gap between event presenters and attendees. 

6. Don’t Make Your VIP’s Wait 

After all, they are VIP for a reason. Create a separate line for guests belonging to the Reserved Seating sections. A luxurious black-tie event in a casino is not synonymous with sweating it out in a line. Keep your VIP guest list updated before they start pouring in. They are paying top dollar for your tickets which should be reflected in your event experience. 

7. Make Your Main Stage Memorable 

The main event stages of any EDM festival or an expo delivers the “larger than life” experience. The stage design and audio-visual setup of your main stage create an atmosphere that energizes your guests. With the right budget, you can go for a holographic setup as well for that futuristic leap. Every year, thousands of events organized all over the globe blow up on news and social media just because of their main stage setup.  

8. Will They Do It For The Gram? 

Now, that you’ve taken care of all the essentials, you’re waiting for that euphoric audience reaction. You created a brilliant event marketing campaign, brought the best artists to perform at the hottest venue in town, and sold out the venue. As an organizer, it’s normal to expect an outpour of Instagram posts and stories #tagging your event. Your event success will be heavily reflected on social media through user-generated content. Even something as small as a signpost or a quirky art installation will have your event attendees pulling out their phones for a selfie. So, while you’re planning an event, always ponder “Will they do it for the Gram?”

9. Expect The Unexpected 

An event organizer hopes for the best and prepares for the worst. In the entertainment industry, we’ve seen things go haywire even with months of planning. Your artist might catch the flu or miss a flight. Or maybe the rain gods decided to generously flood your venue. As an event planner, you should always be ready with a contingency plan A, B, and  C. This is truly a testing ground for any event presenter to prove his mettle and not disappoint his audience. 

10. Go Above & Beyond

Event planning and organizing is a constant hustle. But the returns are tenfold – financially and emotionally. Treat every event as your first and last and you’ll surely go above and beyond for every minute detail. For you, it might be the 10th event in a month, but for an attendee, it might be his first. Create a memorable experience and you’ll have them coming back to you for more. 

We hope our 10 step guide resonated with you in planning your future events. Do share your personal experiences in creating the perfect event experience below in the comment section. 

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Add a Seating Chart

Speak to your venue-manager and procure a venue seating chart that can be uploaded on our ticketing platform. This will help you map the sections with the seating chart uploaded by you and dictate the prices accordingly.

Add Reserved Seating Sections

You will have an option to add a General Admission or a Reserved Seating section as per your Seating Chart. You can also add multiple General Admission and Reserved Sections as per your Seating Chart. Once you’ve finished adding rows and columns, add colors to seats to designate pricing tiers. 

Create Holds

With Yapsody’s Box Office Interface, you can easily create and book hold tickets for multiple categories such as VIP and artists to assign their seats beforehand. 

Ticket Customization

Your seating plan is incomplete without a stable ticketing system. With Yapsody, you let your ticket design reflect your brand. Use event imagery and illustrations to get your attendees excited about your event. What’s more? Add upcoming event details in your ticket to promote your next event.

Payment Integration 

Yapsody supports 170+ currencies and over 10 payment gateways such as PayPal, Stripe, Braintree, and WePay for you to choose from.  You also have the flexibility to separately enable payment method for the Virtual Box Office and Online Ticket Store. When it comes to making payments, Yapsody gives multiple choices to your attendees like credit, debit and pay later option.

Notify Presenter Policy (NPP)

For us, every event presenter is equally important, whether you sell 10 or 100,000 tickets for your event. If your attendee is having doubts, we’ll send an email to you requesting clarification on the same and then your ticket buyer will be updated about it. This ensures 100% customer satisfaction. We re-direct ticket buyers for Refund issue to you and also send you an intimation email about the same. If your ticket buyer wants to buy tickets for an already sold-out event, we immediately inform you about it. This has helped our presenters to boost their online ticket sales even after an event is sold out and generate additional revenue.

YapScan

Lastly, your event should be seamless during the check-in and ticket validation process where you cannot afford hiccups. YapScan turns all your event managers smartphones into a fully functional ticket validating device that can be used for scanning e-ticket barcodes, cross-checking names, e-ticket numbers, or simply scrolling through the attendee list.

As we head off into the Holiday season, your community might be anticipating the next big bash. If you’re an event presenter looking for that competitive edge,  get a flat 25% off on your ticketing fees by using our holiday promo code –  HOLIDAY25
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The World of Showbiz

It’s not just about slot machines and high-stakes gambling in every casino. Casinos rake in a lot of money on the regular from in-house entertainment, concerts, music gigs, stand-up comedians, and entertainers. Some of the hottest names in the world of showbiz perform in the casinos of Vegas. These performances pull in those crowds that may or may not be in for the gambling. Now, how does a casino manage all of these on their own? They surely do not possess the bandwidth of managing the casino and other artists on their gaming floor, right? This is where talent buyers come in. 

Who are Talent Buyers?

Talent buyers are crucial in the casino industry for their unmatched attention to all the ancillary services. The primary goal of a talent buyer is to source the right kind of entertainment while keeping the casino’s business goals in mind. A good talent buyer knows exactly which artist works best for their audience and knows how to get them to perform at their venue.

A great talent buyer automates the entire process of talent sourcing through a concert and ticketing platform like Yapsody.
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What Does It Mean For Your Casino?

Concerts and musical performances on the gaming floor are meant to draw people in so that they can dine in the restaurants, have a luxurious experience either by sitting in the lounge having a drink, groove to a live band, or simply strolling through the gaming floor. They all serve one purpose: to give people a fun experience and keep them in the casino. 

Total Control Of Talent Buying

With Yapsody, you can take control of your talent buying with data-driven insights, feasible routing points, and access a large database of artists with the most favorable terms. Also, equipped with an expert analytics team, Yapsody leverages data that determines a talent’s true value and cuts down the overall production cost. This methodology cuts down all the risk profiles which maximize your casino profit. If your concert requires ticketing or invite based entry, Yapsody automates that as well, so that you don’t have to deal with promoters. Not only that, our marketing team explores all the digital marketing possibilities to bring in more customers. A talent buyer who realizes the true potential of this tool can truly run your casino like a boss. 

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Virtual Box Office

With multiple activities to handle while organizing an event, time is what you need. For example, this holiday season if you’ve planned 10 events, you wouldn’t want to create each event from scratch. This must-have feature helps you save a whole lot of time. We call it “The Virtual Box Office”. It gives you single-click access to the event wizard, real-time sales analytics, reporting, inventory management and a lot more. Are you wondering how does it save time? It has a performance customization feature that lets you create multiple events in no time. Using this feature, you can simply copy your existing event and make changes to it.

Online Ticket Store

Does your event management software offer you a platform to showcase your events? Another feature you must consider is the online ticket store which is also referred to as the events page. This store lets you display all your events in a single page. 

The online ticket store is like the stage of a theater, it’s the most happening drama everyone wants to see. It’s where your attendees can see the event details like the date, artist information, and address of the venue. When you promote your event online, they are directed to the online store to purchase tickets. With Yapsody’s event management software, you can customize your store the way you like it. You can add your brand logo, colors, images of your artists and external links to your social media pages. You can also geo-tag your events so your attendees know how to get to the venue.

Multiple Payment Gateway

When you deal with your attendees’ hard-earned money, you can’t take a risk. Payment gateways are a secure way of collecting payments. When an attendee buys a ticket, these systems authorize payments from the attendee’s account directly to your bank account.

While most event ticketing companies may have limited payment gateway options, our event management software offers multiple choices to you. Our popular payment gateways include Stripe, Braintree, PayPal, WePay and many others for close to 60 countries across the globe. That way, you receive the money from the ticket sales directly to your bank account.

Multi-language Support

As an event manager, you don’t want the language to be a barrier between you and your audience. An event management software with multi-language support gives you an upper edge as compared to your competitors. 

Whether you’re in France, Spain or Germany, our event management software lets you create your event in your native language. Our software supports 15 prominent languages so you can connect with your attendees easily without a communication barrier. Apart from language, we also support 170+ currencies across the globe. Do you want to check if your currency is supported? Click here to find out.

Seating Arrangement Options

Attendees look for convenience, especially in the world of digitalization wherein most attendees want to reserve their seats or buy general admission tickets in advance. The seating arrangement feature not only offers convenience but also lets the attendees pick their preferred seat from anywhere and anytime.

Be it a club event or tech conference, using our event management software, you can recreate your venue with our interactive seating plan creator. That way, there’s no war before the event and you don’t have to be the bouncer to stop the ‘seat fight’.

Event Marketing

As an expert event manager, you’d definitely agree that marketing can change the entire ticket selling game. Event marketing as a feature can help you easily promote your event on different social media sites and help you reach out to a wider audience. 

We at Yapsody incorporated this golden feature in our event software management software so you don’t have to approach any event marketing agency to do the job for you. All you need to do is create your event and you can directly promote it on multiple popular social media profiles. Alternatively, once you’re with Yapsody, we promote your events for free. This is how we do it: We

• Share your events on our social media profiles
• Feature your events on our blogs
• Post your events on our website using the premium event listing feature.

Ticket Customization

It’s the holiday season, you’ll have themed parties, Halloween nights or Christmas dinner. With the ticket customization feature, you can set yourself apart. With this feature, you can create themed tickets depending on your event theme. For example, you’re organizing an event this Halloween. Your theme is witches and wizards. You can design your ticket with a smoky cauldron and a witch on the broom flying to the village. Add the event details and your ticket is ready. 

Our event management software offers the  ‘Ticket Customization’ feature so you can customize and create your own branded ticket with the theme you’ve planned for the event.

Accept Donations 

One of the best features a top event management software must-have is the ‘Accept Donations’ feature. While this may not be applicable to all event managers, nonprofit organizations are sure to fall in love with it. 

Our event management software lets you add the accept donation feature on the online ticket store. When your attendees buy tickets for your charity or a fundraiser event, they get a direct option to donate for a cause with Yapsody’s donation feature. Not just that, Yapsody also contributes to your cause by giving you a special offer. Any event you organize, you get a 50% rebate on your event ticketing fees. Now that’s what an incredible offer looks like.

Ticket Validation System

Quick check-in and easy validation are every event manager’s dream. If you’ve been looking for a free event check-in software, we give you something much better than that. 

When you use our event management software, you get our custom-designed mobile apps for free. Our mobile app – YapScan helps you during the check-in process. You can easily scan each attendee’s ticket using your mobile phone and validate them in no time. That way, you can avoid long queues and angry attendees at the door.

Real-Time Reporting

While you spent sleepless nights planning that event, you’ll be restless till you see the numbers. Luckily, the real-time reporting feature is sure to revive you instantly and you don’t have to wait until the end of the event to measure the success. This event management tool works out to be every event manager’s favorite and their guiding star. At Yapsody, we offer you our custom-designed mobile app – YapStats absolutely FREE. This app offers you real-time statistics about your online ticket sales for the event directly on your Android/IOS device. With instant reports and real-time tracking, you can alter your sales strategy to boost ticket sales. 

Whoever came up with the quote ‘the best things in life don’t come free’, we proved them you wrong. For all those looking for a free event management software, we don’t charge a penny for using our software. When it comes to event ticketing, we already offer the best features at an incredibly low price. But if you’d like to make it absolutely free, you can opt for our ‘Pass on Fee’ Feature. With this ticketing feature, your ticketing fees are passed on to your attendees. So when the final invoice is generated, the ticketing fee you pay is already borne by your attendees, making event ticketing free for you. Are you planning an event soon? Sign up with Yapsody and use the best event management software for your next event. Don’t forget to use our holiday season offers. To avail a 25% off, use our promo code – HOLIDAY25.

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